2020

Every year I try to make a tribute page to the wonderful actors, entertainers, writers, musicians, and newsmakers who have passed on. Originally I was going to add this to a bigger collage of this awful last year, but in 2020, there were so many, it was easiest to just make a big collage. (I’ll post a 2020 collage of events soon). So many wonderful lives here some long, some painfully too short, but all memorable. I’ve included as many as I can find, and forgive me if I left some out. But I hope you will find some beloved familiar faces, and discover some new ones! Lots of inspiration here. Gone but not forgotten, Rest in Peace.

I’ve included a Key to all the faces below. Let me know who you remember and enjoyed! <3

**Farewells of 2020 Key**
1) **Roy Horn, 75,** Magician, (*Siegfried and Roy)* 2) **Rebecca Luker**, 59 Broadway Actress/Singer. (*Sound of Music*) 3) **Sir Ian Holm**, **88,** Actor, (*Chariots of Fire, The Hobbit).* 4) **Sam Lloyd,** **53,** Actor, (*Scrubs*) 5) **Steve Priest,** **72,** Guitarist for The Sweet. 6) **Eddie Van Halen,** 65,Guitar God, Van Halen. 7) **Tommy Rall**, 90 Dancer, *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers*). 8) **Pierre Cardin,** **98,** Renowned Fashion Designer. 9) **Ranjit Chowdray,** **64,** Actor, (*The Office*). 10) **Ennio Marcone, 91** Composer. 11) **John Prine, 63,** Singer/Songwriter. 12) **Betty Wright**, **66,** R&B Singer/Songwriter . 13) **Juice WRLD, 25,** Performer/rapper ‘Hide’. 14) **Astrid Kirtchherr,** **81,** Photographer, Beatles Friend. 15) **Margaret Nolan,** 76, Actress (*A Hard Day’s Night, Goldfinger*). 16) **Chad Stuart, 79**, Singer/Songwriter of Chad and Jeremy (*Yesterday’s Gone, A Summer Song)*. 17) **Ann Reinking,** 71, Dancer/Actress (*Annie, All That Jazz*). 18) Hal Ketchum 67, Country Singer (*Stay Forever*). 19) **Carl Reiner,** 98 Writer, Creator of *The Dick Van Dyke Show*. 20) **Alex Trebek, 80,** Beloved Host of Jeopardy! for 37 years. 21) **Terry Jones,** Writer/Comedian (*Monty Python’s Flying Circus)* 22) Congressman **John Lewis, 80,** Civil Rights Activist and Icon. 23) **Ruth Bader Ginsburg,** 87, Supreme Court Judge, Women’s Rights Activist. 24) **Helen Reddy, 78** Singer/Songwriter (*I Am Woman*). 25) **Marge Champion**, 101, Dancer (*Show Boat, Lovely to Look At*) 26) **Sean Connery, 90,** Actor/Proud Scot, The First James Bond (*Goldfinger/Dr No,* etc). 27) **Whitey Ford, 91,** Legendary Yankee Pitcher and All-Star. 28) **Irrfan Khan,** 53, Actor, (*The Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire*). 29) **Tom Lester, 81,** Actor, (as Eb on Green Acres). 30) **Phyllis McGuire, 89**, Singer (The McGuire Sisters, *‘SugarTime, Sincerelyly).* 31) **Phyllis George, 70,** Sportscaster, Miss America 1970. 32) **Larry Kramer**, 84, Playwright, AIDS Activist. 33) **John LeCarre,89,** Author, (*Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Spy*). 34) **John Saxon**, **83,** Actor, (*Planet Earth, Enter the Dragon*). 35) **Paula Kelly, 77,** Actress, Dancer, (*Sweet Charity*). **36) Chuck Yeager,** *97,* USAF Test Pilot, (1st to break speed of sound). 37) **Kelly Preston, 56,** Actress, *(Jerry Maguire, Jack Frost*). 38) **Chadwick Boseman**, **43,** Actor/Playwright (*Black Panther, 42, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom*) 39) **Dame Vera Lynn, 103**, Beloved British Songstress, *(We’ll Meet Again*). 40) **Dame Diana Rigg, 82,** Actress, (*The Avengers, Game of Thrones)* 41) **Dawn Wells, 82,** Actress (the beloved Maryanne of *Gilligan’s Island*). 42) **Nikita Pearl Waligwa, 15,** Actress (**The Queen of Katwe**) 43) **Andrew Jack, 76,** Actor, Dialogue Coach, (*Star Wars I,II,III*). 44) **Jim Lehrer**, **85,** Journalist, PBS (*The McNeil/Lehrer Report*) 45) **Hugh Downs,** **(99)** Journalist, Novelist, Playwright, *(The Today Show, 20/20)* 46) **James Lipton, 93,** Host and Theater historian, *(Inside the Actors Studio)*. 47) **Chi-Chi Devayne** (a.k.a. Zavion Davenport) Drag Artist, (*Ru Paul’s Drag Race*). 48) **Mort Drucker, 91,** Premiere Charicature Artist for MAD Magazine. 49) **Rhonda Fleming, 97,**Actress, *(A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Out of the Past*). 50) **Phil Neikro, 81**, Pitcher for the New York Yankees, Creator of the Knuckle Ball. 51) **Lynn Shelton, 54,** Director, (*Hump Day, Your Sister’s Sister)* 52). Jerry Stiller, 92, Comedian (Stiller and Meara, *Seinfeld*). 53) **Geoffrey Palmer,** **93,** Actor, (*As Time Goes By*). 54) **Jeremy Bulloch, 75,** Actor, (**Star Wars-** Boba Fett). 55) **David Prowse, 85,** Actor, **(Star Wars**, Darth Vader). 56) **Max Von Sydow, 90**, Actor, *The Seventh Seal, Hawaii, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Exorcist*). 57) **Zoe Caldwell, 86,** Broadway Actress (*Master Class, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie*). 58) **Naya Rivera, 34,** Actress, young mother, *(Glee).* 59) Harry Basch, 94, Actor, (*Star Trek, Daniel Boone*). 60) **Richard Herd, 87**, Actor, (Admiral Paris, *Star Trek TNG*). 61) **Herb F. Solow, 88,** Producer, *(Star Trek).* 62) **Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, 62**, *(Star Trek Enterprise, Friday, Next Friday).* 63) **Erik Holland (86)**, Actor (*Star Trek, Wink of an Eye*). 64) **Olivia de Haviland, (104)** Actress, (*Gone with the Wind, Robin Hood, The Heiress*). 65) **Baby Peggy, (101) (Real Name: Diana Serra Cary)** Child Actress, (*Captain January, The Darling of New York)*. 66) **Kellye Nakahara, 72**,Actress, *(M*A*S*H)* 67) **Buck Henry, 89,** Actor, Writer, Producer. 68) **Ben Cross. 72,** Actor, (*Chariots of Fire, Dark Shadows,* and Sarek in Star Trek 2009) 69)**Orson Bean, 91,**Actor (To Tell the Truth, Dr. Quinn) 70) **Robert Conrad 85**, Actor, (James West in *The Wild WIld West, Baa Baa Black Sheep*). 71) **Nicholas Tucci, 38,** Actor, (*You’re Next*). 72) **Adam Schesinger 52**, Songwriter, (Fountains of Wayne). 73) **Stuart Whitman, 92,** Actor, (Cimmaron Strip). 74) **Johnny Mandel, 94,** Composer (*M*A*S*H Theme*). 75) **Silvio Horta, 45,** Producer, (*Ugly Betty*). 76) **Tim Brooke-Taylor 79,** Actor, (*The Goodies*). 77) **Charley Pride, 86,** Country Singer/Songwriter (*Kiss an Angel Good Morning*). 78) **Diego Maradona, 60,** Soccer Legend, 79) **Gene Deitsch, 95,** Animator, (*Tom and Jerry, Popeye)*. 80) **Peg Murray 96,** Broadway Actress, (*Cabaret, All My Children)*. 81) **Mac Davis, 78,** Singer/Songwriter, (*In the Ghetto, I Believe in Music*). 82) **Bonnie Pointer, 69**, Singer (The Pointer Singers). 83) **Honor Blackman, 94,** Actress, (*The Avengers, Goldfinger*). 84) **Florian Schneider, 73**, Singer/Songwriter, Kraftwerk (*Autobahn*) 85) **Conchetta Farrell, 77,** Actress (*Three and a Half Men*). 86) **Janet DuBois**, **74,** Actress, (*Good Times, The PJs*). 87) **Robert Sampson, 86**, Actor, (*Star Trek, Bridget Loves Bernie*). 88) **John Winston, 91,** Actor, *Star Trek’*s beloved Mr. Kyle (Passed on September 19, 2019, but his passing was not revealed until March of 2020). 89) *Marj Dursay, 83,* Actress (*Star Trek, Guiding Light*). 90) **Maurice Roves, 83**, Actor, (*Star Trek, Days of Our Lives*). 91) **Gene Dynarsky,** 86 , Actor, *(Star Trek, Star Trek TNG)*. 92. **Kevin Conway, 77**, Actor, (*Star Trek TNG* (as Kahless) *Gettysburg, 13 Days*) 93) **Mel Winkler, 78**, Actor, (*Star Trek DS9, ST:Voyager , Doc Holliday, Devil in a Blue Dress*). 94) **William Dufris, 62,** Voice Actor, (Bob of Bob the Builder). 95) **Lyle Waggoner, 84**, Actor, (*The Carol Burnett Show, Wonder Woman*). 96) **Harry Hains, 27,** young Actor, (*American Horror Story)* 97) **Bill Withers, 81**, R&B Singer/Songwriter, (*Lean On Me*, *Ain’t No Sunshine*, *Just The Two of Us*) . 98) **Terrance McNally, 81**, Playwright (*Ragtime, The Full Monty, Kiss of the Spider Woman*). 99) **Charlie Daniels, 83,** Singer/Songwriter (**The Devil Went Down to Georgia**). 100) **Norm Crosby, 93**, Comedian, (a.k.a. ‘The Master of Malaprop’). 101) **David Onley, 71,** Folk Singer/Songwriter, (*Little Sparrow, What Would I Do Without Your Love?*) 102) **Earl Cameron, 102**,*The Prisoner, The London Pool*). 103) **Raymond Allen, 91**, Actor, (*Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons.* 104) **Nick Corderro, 41**, Broadway Actor, (*Waitress, A Bronx Tale*). 105) **Logan Williams,15,** young Actor, (*The Flash, When Calls the Heart).* **106) Gene Reynolds**, Producer (*M*A*S*H TV series*). 107) **David Lander, 73,** Actor, (‘Squiggy’ of Laverne and Shirley) 108) **Raphael Coleman, 25,** young Actor and Animal Rights Activist. 109) **Ann E. Todd, 88**, Actress and Entertainer, (*The Stu Ervin Show, Destry Rides Again*) 110, **Elizabeth Sellars, 88,** Actress, (Desiree, The Barefoot Contessa). 111) **Tom Long, 51**, Actor, *(Sea Change, Strange Planet*). 112) **Jack Kehoe, 85,** Charactor Actor, (*The Sting*). 113) Clive Cussler, 88, Novelist,*(Raise the Titanic, Sahara*). 114) **Lupo, 7**, Dog, Beloved family pet of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge. 115) **Lorenzo Brino, 21,** young Actor, *(7th Heaven)* 116) **Bob the Cat, 14**, Best Friend of and Lifesaver of Busker James Bowen. 118) **Michael “Moose” Cuisack, 64**, Athlete and Multiple Medalist who inspired the Special Olympics. 119) **Regis Philbin, 88,** Beloved Talk Show Host, *(Live!*) 120) **Grant Imahara, 49,** Genius, Actor, (*Mythbusters, White Rabbit Project, Star Trek Continues* (as Sulu). 121) **Patricia Bosworth, 86, Actress, Biography Author**, (*A Nun’s Story, Montgomery Clift*) **Ken Osmond, 76,** Actor, (‘Wally’ of *Leave it to Beaver*). 123) **Fred Willard, 86,** Actor and Comedian, *(Fernwood 2 Night, Everybody Loves Raymond)*. 124) **Abby Dalton, 88**, Actress, *(The Joey Bishop Show, Falcon Crest)*. 125) **Tom Kennedy, 93,** Game Show Host (*You Don’t Say!, Name That Tune*). 126) **Kevin Dobson, 77**, Actor,(Kojack, Knot’s Landing) 127) **Peggy Pope 91,** Actress, *(Nine to Five*)128) **Neal Peart, 67,** Drummer for Rush. 129) **Kenny Rogers, 81**, Country Music Icon, ((*The Gambler, Lady, Islands in the Stream*). 130) **Lynn Cohen, 86,** Actress, *(Sex and the City*), 131) **Mary Higgins-Clark, 92,** Novelist, (*Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry*). 132) **Curley Neal (77)** Legendary Player of The Harlem Globetrotters. 133) **Kobe Bryant, 41** L.A. Lakers legend, with daughter Giana, 13 (Tragic Helicopter Accident). 134) **Kirk Douglas, 103,** Actor, Producer, Icon (*Spartacus, Paths of Glory, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*), 135) **Brian Dennehey, 81,** Actor, (*Cocoon, Death of a Salesman*). 136) **Anthony James, 77,** Actor, (*In the Heat of the Night, Unforgiven*). 137) **Little Richard, 87**, Rock n’ Roll Legend, *(Tutti-Frutti, Lucille, Long Tall Sally, Good Golly Miss Molly*). 138) **McCoy Tyner, 81,** Jazz Musician/Composer, (*Passion Dance, Wave*). 139) **Peter Green, 73,** Founder of Fleeetwood Mac (*Green Manalishi, My Heart Beat like a Hammer*). 140) **Millie Small, 73**, Pop Singer, (*My Boy Lollipop*). 141) **Roscoe Born**, **69,** Actor, (*All My Children*). 142) **Danny Goldman,80**. Actor, (*The World’s Greatest Athlete, Young Frankenstein*), 143) **James Drury, 85,** Actor, (*The Virginian, Ride the High Country*) . 144) **Marge Redmond, 95,** Actress (*The Flying Nun, The Trouble with Angels*). 145) **Johnny Nash, 80** Singer/Songwriter, (*I Can See Clearly Now, Cream Puff*) 146) **David Collings, 79,** Actor (*Scrooge, By the Sword Divided)*. 147) **Shirley Knight, 83**, Actress, (*Sweet Bird of Youth, Dark at the Top of the Stairs*). 148) **Mark Blum, 69,** Broadway and Off-Broadway Actor, *(Lost in Yonkers, Twelve Angry Men)*.

Alas, I found one more – Trini Lopez, 83, wonderful singer and actor (If I had a Hammer, The Dirty Dozen) Heaven sings!

We interrupt our usual Trekkie stuff to bring you some Weather news…

Well, as some of you know, I live in New York State, not too far from Binghamton, NY. As you may have heard we had quite a whopper of a snow storm (technically a “Nor’Easter”) tear through my area on Wednesday night! Binghamton NY had a record 40″ in a 24 hour period, at times falling 5″ and hour!! We even made the national news! It started lightly on Tuesday afternoon, but by Wednesday morning, we woke up to this: